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Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a press conference on Aug. 18, 2020, held in Anchorage, Alaska while a sign-language interpreter, lower left, signs. (Livestream screenshot courtesy Office of the Governor)

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1 new death, 16 peninsula COVID cases reported

Cases include 14 on central peninsula, one in Homer and one nonresident

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2 new COVID-19 cases on the Kenai Peninsula

There are now a total of 4,438 resident cases of COVID-19 in Alaska

Liam McCloud, right, and Josh Bolling, center, throw pies in the faces of Kenai Librarians Bethany McMilin, left, and James Adcox outside the Kenai Library on Aug. 19, 2020. McCloud and Bolling won the right to throw the pies for participating in the library’s summer reading program, which went virtual this year. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Oh, the places they’ll go

Librarians take pies to face to celebrate end of summer reading program

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Getting packed up for school

Community health center offers kids new backpacks for the start of school.

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 19, 2020

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 19, 2020

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mark Kirko collects his ballot during the primary election on Tuesday at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center polling location in Homer.

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Primaries kick off election season

Official election results won’t be available until absentee ballots have been counted and verified

The entrance to the Kenai Peninsula Borough building in Soldotna, Alaska is seen here on June 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Filing period ends for borough, local elections

The election for both the borough and peninsula municipalities is on Oct. 6.

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Missing canoeist’s body found

The man embarked on a canoe trip at about 4:45 p.m. on Sunday.

Soldotna High School English teacher Nicole Hewitt teaches her students remotely from her empty classroom at Soldotna High School on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Central peninsula schools go remote

Rising COVID-19 cases delay on-site learning until at least Sept. 8

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 18, 2020

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 18, 2020

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

Kim Lofstedt casts her vote early in Alaska’s Primary Election at Kenai City Hall on Aug. 17, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Voters head to polls for primary election

Several changes will be in place at all polling locations Tuesday.

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Who’s on the ballot?

Alaska primary election candidates

A sign shows people where to vote on Aug. 21, 2018, at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Peninsula reports 16 new cases in 2 days

The state reported 50 new cases on Monday and 106 new cases Sunday.

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More details released in Hope bear mauling

It may remain unknown whether it was a defensive or predatory attack.

The Marathon Petroleum Kenai Refinery. (Photo provided by Marathon Petroleum)

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Turnaround promises economic boost

Marathon has safety measures in place for bringing contractors to community

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska.The Department of the Interior has approved an oil and gas leasing program within Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is home to polar bears, caribou and other wildlife. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision, which will determine where oil and gas leasing will take place in the refuge’s coastal plain. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)

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Oil, gas leasing plan in refuge OK’d

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has vowed to protect the refuge.

Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 17, 2020

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Daily school district COVID-19 risk levels: Aug. 17, 2020

Risk levels are based on COVID cases reported in a community and determine how schools will operate.

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COVID week in review: 2 deaths, more hospitalizations

Currently 36 COVID-positive patients are hospitalized; four require treatment on a ventilator

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Friday, May 1, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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State ups unemployment assistance by $300

About 88,000 Alaskans have received unemployment benefits since March 1.